Minister Nguyen Thanh Nghi received Ms. Carolyn Turk - World Bank Country Director in Vietnam on November 4th at the headquarters of the Ministry of Construction, with the presence of leaders of Departments and Agencies under the MoC.

Minister Nguyen Thanh Nghi received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan Yamada Takio on November 4th, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Construction with the presence of Deputy Chief Representative of JICA Office in Vietnam; leaders of Departments and Agencies under the Ministry of Construction.

Minister Nguyen Thanh Nghi had a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Vietnam Bezdetko Gennady Stepanovich with the presence of leaders of Departments and Agencies under the Ministry of Construction; Economic Counselor and staffs of the Russian Federation’s Embassy to Vietnam on October 26th.

Minister Nguyen Thanh Nghi met and worked with Mr. Herve Conan - Director of the French Development Agency (AFD) in Vietnam on October 22^nd.

Minister Nguyen Thanh Nghi met and worked with Mr. Jaya Ratnam - New Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Singapore to Vietnam and a delegation from the Singapore Embassy on October, 22^nd.

Ministry of Contruction held a conference on EECB projects wrap-up and ways forwards to promote energy-efficient buildings in Vietnam on October 22^nd. Deputy Minister of Construction Le Quang Hung chaired the conference. There were Mr. Patrick Haverman - UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in Viet Nam, representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Departments of Construction, associations, owners and investors of works, universities, domestic and international experts in the field of green building, energy saving works at the Conference.

The Department of Technical Infrastructure (Ministry of Construction) and the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) co-organized the second consultation workshop for the draft Technical Guidelines on Urban Bicycle Paths/Infrastructure Design in Vietnam on October 21^st. The first consultation workshop was organized by The Department of Technical Infrastructure (Ministry of Construction) and the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) in June, 2021.

Department of Technical Infrastructure (Ministry of Construction), HealthBridge organization (Canada) and World Resources Insitute (USA) co-organized online workshop on green, safe and sustainable urban Infrastructure Development and signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation betwee three parties. Assoc.Prof.Dr. Mai Thi Lien Huong - Director of the Department of Technical Infrastructure (Ministry of Construction) chaired the workshop.

Vietnamese Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi met Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Malmierca Diaz for talks on activities of the Vietnam – Cuba Intergovernmental Committee on September 20th. There were the Cuban Minister of Construction, the Cuban Minister of Tourism, the Cuban Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment and the leaders of the departments of two sides at the meeting. Two sides discussed the positive results achieved in cooperation in trade, investment, agriculture, vaccines and biotechnology.

Within the framework of the official visit to the Republic of Cuba by President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, on September 19, 2021 Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi and Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz, two Co-Chairman of the Vietnam - Cuba Intergovernmental Committee signed the Action Plan to implement the medium-term bilateral economic agenda for the 2021-2025 period.